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Dasineura folliculi

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Dasineura folliculi
Gall of D. folliculi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Dasineura
Species:
D. folliculi
Binomial name
Dasineura folliculi
Felt, 1908
Synonyms
  • Dasineura radifolii Felt, 1909

Dasineura folliculi is a species of gall midge that induces galls on several species of goldenrod in North America.[1] It was first described by Ephraim Porter Felt in 1908.[1] Adults live for only one to three days, mating near the goldenrod before laying eggs between leaves. Larvae are gregarious, with anywhere between five and eighty in a gall. The larvae mature within three to four weeks of hatching.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
  2. ^ N Dorchin; E R Scott; C E Clarkin; M P Luongo; S Jordan; W G Abrahamson (23 February 2009). "Behavioural, ecological and genetic evidence confirm the occurrence of host-associated differentiation in goldenrod gall-midges". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22 (4): 729–739. doi:10.1111/J.1420-9101.2009.01696.X. ISSN 1010-061X. PMID 19243490. Wikidata Q51180844.